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Taking Their Croc For A Drive
The crocodile hood ornament these Papua New Guinea men are sporting on the front of their car was not a gift from Pimp-My-Polynesian Ride. It’s a killer 13 foot female crocodile that has been terrorizing their village in Madang Province....
Cheerios a Drug?
Alison Smith Reports: The United States Food and Drug Administration, apparently bored to tears by microbial face paint contamination, took a stand against General Mills in a warning issued on 5 May 2009 for claims made by the #1 toddler...
Bizarre Car Accident
This looks like just another car crash video until the dust starts to settle. Unbelievably we counted more than twenty people leaving that vehicle, leading us here at Weirdthings to speculate that the van was either full of clowns or was...
Creepy Bird Masks of the 14th Century
Image Credit: j_naturalia_2 We know what you’re thinking, and no the Bird People have not decided to rise up against their human overlords….yet. The photo above depicts an individual fashioning the get up Plague Doctors wore when visiting...
Is Swine Flu a Pig/Bird Hybrid?!
Image Credit: Visual Culture and BioScience Penn Bullock reports: In March 2008, a veterinarian identified a mysterious pig pathogen at two “swine production facilities” (the official euphemism for slaughterhouses) in Illinois. It...
Is this the ultimate weapon for the inevitable Terminator: Salvation robot apocalypse?
Preparing for the inevitable Terminator: Salvation robot apocalypse a five part series We here at Weird Things aren’t just committed to telling you about all the weird things going on in your world, we’re here to do something about it! As...
Bizarre New York Pet Shop
Check out this video of British graffiti artist Banksy’s latest New York exploit. The shop keeper actor is a great touch. Here’s a link to the official site for the shop: Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grille This is the highest quality...
Mysterious Sicilian Boiling Hot Floor
The Fiandaca family called firefighters to their home in Sicily yesterday as temperatures emanating from the floors of their home reached boiling point. According to Maria Fiandaca, the floors had been heating up all week and suddenly...
American Idol Mansion Haunted?
American Idol Contestant Allison Iraheta was the latest to be ousted. The judges blamed her performance, but could ghosts keeping her up at night be to blame? A few days ago Allison claimed that the spirit of a previous inhabitant of the...
Making Star Trek Possible: Warp speed without the warp drive
A five-part series that tries to explain how to make the science of Star Trek real… Probably the most fascinating idea that Star Trek popularized was the idea of a warp drive. This was a concept from golden age sci-fi that went mainstream...
Eight Legged Freaks Down Under!
Queensland, Australia: Massive spiders have been invading the outback town of Bowen in recent days. Heavy, unseasonal rain has driven hordes of usually shy, behemoth Eastern Tarantulas (barking spider/bird eating spider) out of their...
Making Star Trek Possible: The Humanoid Problem
A five-part series that tries to explain how to make the science of Star Trek real… In an episode of Star Trek the Next Generation called the “The Chase” a long running problem in Star Trek was finally solved – Why do all the aliens in...
Attack of the Show names Weird Things one of the best cryptozoology blogs!
This was a welcome surprise for us here at Weird Things. Video Game – Game Cheats – Attack of the Show
The Mystery of Mirin Dajo by Jeff Wagg
Arnold Gerritt Henske was a Dutch artist and designer with a paranormal bent. In 1933, he changed his name to Mirin Dajo (Esperanto for “Amazing”Dajo”) and took the stage. His performance? Having his assistant impale his hypnotized body...
Making Star Trek Possible: Practical Time Travel
A five-part series that tries to explain how to make the science of Star Trek real… Time Travel stories generally suck. There are some noteworthy exceptions – specifically stories that deal with the problems of time travel and not just...
Carp Are People Too!
We were perusing Weird Asia News when we stumbled across this freaky video of two female carp that look all too human. The eerily humanoid eyes are made up of dots on the front of the fish’s heads. The two carps are female hybrids of the...
Making Star Trek Possible: Mind melding and ESP
A five-part series that tries to explain how to make the science of Star Trek real… An important part of the Star Trek mythos is the idea of mind-to-mind contact. Spock uses this to probe other people’s minds and even transplant his entire...
Weirdthings Investigates: Coral Castle Update!
Acclaimed paranormal investigator Alison Smith, has agreed to join our merry band of ‘Weird Thugs’ as we take on Coral Castle this Saturday, May 9. That’s right, a real, live woman at a paranormal investigation, who would have thunk it?...
Salma Hayek’s Daughter Sees Dead People
Salma Hayek believes her 16-month old daughter Valentina sees ghosts. This according to Salma, who delivered the terrifyingly cute news on ‘The Rachel Ray Show’: “Last night [Valentina] saw a ghost. I’m convinced. She woke up and her eyes...
Making Star Trek Possible: 5 methods for non-quantum teleportation
A five-part series that tries to explain how to make the science of Star Trek real… The transporters in Star Trek are an exciting concept. Recent developments in quantum physics have made the possibility of teleporting matter a theoretical...